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I was experimenting with foam under the bridge... I cut a [i]rectangular cuboid[/i] from one of these:



and got some quite nice sounds, but they're a bit squidgy and I'd call the effect "soft dampening" rather than "muting". What would you recommend for that real sixties thud?

Cheers
Richard

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[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1327263574' post='1508608']
I was experimenting with foam under the bridge... I cut a [i]rectangular cuboid[/i] from one of these:



and got some quite nice sounds, but they're a bit squidgy and I'd call the effect "soft dampening" rather than "muting". What would you recommend for that real sixties thud?

Cheers
Richard
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Differnet materials give different results. My preferences are mouse mat, or the stuff that goes underneath pickups, or a Mufler like this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a[/url]

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I just bought one of those 'Muflers' from eBay - hoping it'll do a better job than my mousemat! Ideally you want something that arcs with the varying height of the strings, not sure if this item does but will find out soon.

I also enquired to the manufacturer of the Bassmute about prices and how to order etc but they never got back to me, then I found that cheapo Mufler and they may have lost a sale!

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1327263779' post='1508609']
Differnet materials give different results. My preferences are [b]mouse mat, or the stuff that goes underneath pickups[/b], or a Mufler like this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mufler-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Jazz-Sound-/130597126010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6831ff7a"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e6831ff7a[/url]
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Oddly enough when I needed to renew the stuff under my pickup, I cut up an old mouse mat!

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